Formed in 2011, we are a Melbourne-based community organisation committed to raising awareness of Lemnos' role in the Gallipoli campaign as well as the Hellenic connection to Australia's Anzac tradition across both world wars. Lest We Forget

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Our Committee is raising funds to create a lasting legacy telling the story of Lemnos' link to Gallipoli and Australia's Anzac story. Our projects include the Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial in Albert Park, the publication of a major new historical and pictorial publication and more. To make a donation you can also deposit directly by direct debit into the Committee's bank account: Account Name: Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee Inc; Bank: Delphi Bank; Account No: 204299-020 BSB No: 941300; Include your surname in the reference section. For further information on our legacy projects or to make a donation please contact either Lee Tarlamis 0411553009 or Jim Claven 0409402388M

Monday, 28 April 2014

Rare Film Footage of the Anzacs at Gallipoli - AWM

Anzac Cove 1915. Photo AWM

Here is some rare footage of the Anzacs at Gallipoli, from the Australian War Memorial archive. Click here.
This footage is believed to have been shot by Mr. Ellis
Ashmead-Bartlett, the English journalist who gave Australia its first
description of the ANZAC troops at Gallipoli. His colourful and stirring
accounts of Australian soldiers' bravery, particularly of their landing
at ANZAC Cove, helped give rise to the legend of Anzac. Bartlett filmed
live action in and around Anzac Cove from July to September 1915, and
the resulting footage, screened in 1916 under the title With the
Dardanelles Expedition : Heroes of Gallipoli, was an instant success
with audiences in England and Australia. A print of this film was
acquired by the Memorial in 1919. However the "new" footage shown here
was not a part of the film as it currently stands. It was discovered as
an unidentified film segment within a compilation of footage related to
World War 1 , sold to the Memorial in 1938. The seller of the footage
was unable to shed light on its origins.We can only guess why
the footage was removed from the Dardanelles film. Although it cannot be
authenticated to an absolute certainty, the most probable origin of the
footage is that Bartlett shot it, because he was the only person known
to have operated a moving film camera at Gallipoli. However we can be
grateful that by whatever means, this film was preserved to add to our
precious sum of knowledge of this iconic campaign. Film accession number : AWM F08484 .